here a few of my favourite quotes that surfaced from the research:

“i think people want to touch and produce the real.”

“i like making a piece of string into something i can wear.”

“there will always be knitting as long as there are two sticks and string.”

there were a lot of links mentioned in the various responses, besides the ones linked on the side bar, here are some others you may not know about:

black dog
brainylady
digs magazine
elann
fleece artist
gaspereau valley fibres
glampyre
hello knitty
interweave
keyboardbiologist.net
knit happens
knit rowan
knitted-lace list
knitting curmudgeon
martha stewart
she made this
tradewind knits
urbanspinner
wendy knits
wild_deer.typepad.com
yarn harlot

whee!